Signing and Verifying Mutable Structured Documents

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the structured document is a configuration file for the application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is deployed onto a Kubernetes platform, and a control plane of the Kubernetes platform makes the attempted change to the structured document.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a user makes the attempted change to the structured document through a user interface into the Kubernetes platform.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the reference digital signature is generated using the second fields of the reference structured document.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein machine learning of modifications to structured documents made during previous deployments of the application and subsequent execution thereof, is used in determining which fields of the structured document to designate as mutable and which fields of the structured document to designate as immutable.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference digital signature is stored in association with the structured document.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the structured document is a configuration file for the application.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the application is deployed onto a Kubernetes platform, and a control plane of the Kubernetes platform makes the attempted change to the structured document.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein a user makes the attempted change to the structured document through a user interface into the Kubernetes platform.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the reference digital signature is generated using the second fields of the reference structured document.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein machine learning of modifications to structured documents made during previous deployments of the application and subsequent execution thereof, is used in determining which fields of the structured document to designate as mutable and which fields of the structured document to designate as immutable.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the reference digital signature is stored in association with the structured document.